Healthy volunteers
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Participants of the intervention group perform seven supervised training sessions of cycling spread over two weeks. The aim of the CE intervention is to repeatedly expose subjects to exercise
parallel to the 2wk training period of the intervention group, subjects in the control group continue with their habitual activities. Extra-training physical activities are assessed with the IPAQ-SF q
Sponsors
Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Abt. Neurologie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - no contraindications to MRI - body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg/cm2 - no history of neuropsychiatric diseases - right-handedness - self-reported physical activity of < 4 h/week - no prior experience with the skill to be learnt (stabilometer) - no past or present performance-oriented participation in endurance and/or coordinative-demanding sports (for example gymnastics, slacklining)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - contraindications to MRI - body mass index (BMI) > 30 kg/cm2 - history of neuropsychiatric diseases - left-handedness - self-reported physical activity of > 4 h/week - prior experience with the skill to be learnt (stabilometer) - and past or present performance-oriented participation in endurance and/or coordinative-demanding sports (for example gymnastics, slacklining)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| performance of the stabilometer task (slope of learning curve) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - d2R test (sustained attention) - digit span subtest from the WAIS (short-term memory) - trail making test ("Zahlenverbindungstest"; information processing speed) - posturographic assessment on the Nintendo Wii | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactNico Lehmann
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Bereich Sportwissenschaft
Outcome results
None listed